Monday, July 14, 2014

Mets Rumors: Mets to shop Deadweight at the deadline...Colon, Young(s) could be shopped

Mets Rumors:

With 17 days till the MLB Trading Deadline, the New York Mets have come to the assumption that they will shop RHP Bartolo Colon for either a upgrade at Shortstop or a Power Hitting Left fielder to play alongside Juan Lagares and Curtis Granderson.

This does not come as a shock because Colon is owed $3.75MM remaining this season and $11MM in 2015 and with the Surplus of Pitchers the Mets have on the rise, they could easily have enough to fill the rotation the rest of the year and beyond.

The Mets are also believed to be shopping Outfielders Chris Young and Eric Young Jr. and possibly Bobby Abreu to clear outfield roster space as well. Neither Young is enjoying a particularly strong season, though Young Jr. will be more attractive to other teams due to his speed (25-for-28 in steals) and two remaining years of team control, whereas Chris Young is owed over $3MM for the rest of the year.

The Mets have logical targets in the Cubs, D'Backs who might be in the sellar state of mind. The Cubs have a overabundance at shortstops in their organization with the addition of Addison Russell from the A's. They have Starlin Castro in the Majors and Javier Baez ready in Triple-A. According to reports, Baez might be more attainable in trade than Castro. The cost cutting Mets might not like what is owed to Castro on his contract $44 Million.

Javier Baez is a shortstop with some pop. He currently has a .240 with 14 HRs and 55 RBI's in the Minors.
He also is a base stealing threat with 15 stolen bases in 21 attempts. In 2013, Baez hit 37 HRs between Single-A and Double-A.

The D'Backs have Didi Gregorius and Chris Owings in their arsenal at shortstop. The Mets could use Gregorius, who is a left handed bat and plays steady defense. But, New President of Baseball Operations Tony LaRussa might want to sit through the rest of season to evaluate his team before making any moves before the off-season.

My Picks would have to be Giancarlo Stanton #1, Ben Zobrist #2, Allen Craig #3, Andre Either #4. All these guys can hit, but again the Mets will have to pay the price. Rios, who has some pop might be mentioned in rumors.